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Georg Bruchmller , nicknamed Durchbruchmller, was a German artillery officer who greatly influenced the development of modern artillery tactics. His nickname Durchbruchmller is a combination of the German word Durchbruch with his name.

Bruchmller was born in Berlin into a middleclass family. He studied physics at Berlin University when he left in 1883 he became a threeyear volunteer in the Imperial Army. Two years later he was commissioned in the foot artillery , the branch of the German Army armed with heavier guns, howitzers and mortars, designed principally for siege warfare, but which now was assuming a role in mobile and static warfare in the field.

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